Preliminary balance: 2022 is one of the two warmest years since measurements began
Created: 12/30/2022, 4:59 p.m
By: Victoria Krumbeck
Lots of sun, high temperatures and a drought in summer.
The preliminary balance shows that the temperatures in 2022 can keep up with the record year 2018.
Offenbach – The year ends with record-breaking temperatures.
On New Year's Eve the thermometer could climb up to 20 degrees.
Temperatures that have more to do with spring than with winter.
The new year also welcomes us with mild weather.
The turn of the year is almost symbolic for the first balance sheet of the German Weather Service (DWD).
The year 2022 was not only too warm, but also drew level with the previous record holder 2018.
Weather balance 2022: One of the second warmest years since measurements began
2022 was an exceptional weather year.
With an annual mean temperature of 10.5 degrees Celsius, it is one of the warmest years since records began, together with 2018.
In addition, the year is 2.3 degrees above the value of the internationally valid reference period 1961 to 1990. It remains to be seen whether 2022 will go down in the meteorological history books.
The data required for this will only be available in January, when all the data for the year from around 2000 DWD measuring stations are actually available.
Several boats are sailing on Lake Constance while the Alps can be seen in the background.
© Felix Kästle/dpa
However, a record has already been set: With an average of 2025 hours of sunshine, 2022 was the sunniest year since measurements began.
It was about 30 percent above the reference value for the period 1961 to 1990. During this period, an average of 1544 hours of sunshine were recorded.
In the southwest, the sun even shone for more than 2,300 hours this year, while it appeared less frequently in the eastern low mountain ranges with less than 1,800 hours.
Record-breaking year 2022: climate protectors are worried
In some federal states, the record status of 2022 is already unchallenged.
In Bavaria, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg, for example, it was the warmest year since records began.
Climate researchers are watching the development with concern, especially since 2022 will be the twelfth year that is too warm in a row.
"The record-warm year 2022 should be a renewed incentive for all of us to finally move from talking to action on climate protection," warned Tobias Fuchs, DWD Board Member for Climate and Environment.
“So far we have not managed to effectively step on the greenhouse gas brake.
Global warming is progressing almost unchecked.”
Heat record in Germany 2022: Hamburg recorded 40.1 degrees
Several intense heat waves in June and July, which led to temperature records across Europe, also contributed to the increase.
The highest daily temperature in Germany came rather atypically from the north: On July 20, a station record of 40.1 degrees was recorded in Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal.
The Heinersreuth-Vollhof station in the Bayreuth district reported the annual low on December 18 with minus 19.3 degrees.
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One downside to the plentiful sunshine in 2022 is a rainfall deficit of about 15 percent.
On average, around 670 liters of precipitation per square meter fell over the course of the year.
The highest total on a single day was measured on August 19 in Babenhausen in the Lower Allgäu with 112.1 liters per square meter.
An expert finds the forecast for the next few months "terrifying".
It could go on way too warm.
(vk/dpa)
